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Tyne and Wear coast

North Sea from St Mary's Lighthouse to Crimdon Park, North Hartlepool

Flood alert area North Sea County Durham, Hartlepool, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland North East

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Nearby Monitoring Stations

Blyth
North Sea • Blyth • 29.7 km (downstream)
tidal gauge
1.54 m
32min ago
Houghton Le Spring
Moors Burn • Houghton Le Spring • 10.2 km
Steady · normal
0.11 m
47min ago
Chester-Le-Street
River Wear • Chester-Le-Street • 14.3 km
Steady · normal
0.36 m
47min ago
North Shields
Tide • Cullercoats • 15.8 km
tidal gauge
2.03 m
1h ago
Team Valley
River Team • Lamesley • 18.1 km
Steady · normal
0.20 m
32min ago
Durham New Elvet Bridge
River Wear • Durham • 18.6 km
Steady · normal
0.26 m
32min ago
Crag Hall
Ouse Burn • Gosforth • 21.9 km
Steady · normal
0.08 m
32min ago
Burn Hall
River Browney • Sunderland Bridge • 22.3 km
Steady · normal
0.09 m
47min ago
Sunderland Bridge
River Wear • Sunderland Bridge • 22.5 km
Steady · normal
0.32 m
47min ago
Hartlepool Valley Drive
Burn Valley Beck • Hartlepool Valley Drive • 22.7 km
structure gauge
0.05 m
32min ago

Flood Event History (50)

28 Oct 2026 at 8:09am Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding. The previous tide of concern has now passed, the weather is more settled and no flooding is expected. We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary. Continue to take care on waterside roads and footpaths...
27 Oct 2026 at 4:53pm Flood Alert
High tides and forecast weather conditions tomorrow morning may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible from 3:45AM to 5:45AM on Wednesday 28 October.  Locations most affected will be coastal roads and footpaths near Cullercoats, Seaburn Lower Prom and Hendon Promenade.  We are closely monitoring th...
18 Jul 2026 at 11:40am Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain.  The previous tide of concern has now passed, the weather is more settled and no flooding is expected.   We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary.   ...
17 Jul 2026 at 3:48pm Flood Alert
High tides tomorrow morning may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible from 05:45AM to 07:15AM on Saturday 18th July.  Strong onshore winds combined with a spring tide may cause some wave overtopping in the Seaham Harbour, Hendon Prom, Seaburn Lower Prom and Roker Seafront areas. Locations most aff...
15 May 2026 at 6:47pm Flood Alert
There is no longer a threat of flooding, though standing water and debris may still remain.  We do not expect to see similar impacts from the next high tide.   We will continue to monitor the situation and will issue further alerts or warnings if necessary.   Continue to take care on waterside roa...
15 May 2026 at 9:55am Flood Alert
High tides this afternoon may lead to flooding.  Flooding is possible from 1:00PM to 5:00PM on 15/02/2026.  Strong winds combined with high tides may lead to wave overtopping. Locations most affected will be coastal roads and footpaths in Hendon Promenade, Seaburn Lower Promenade and Seaham Harbour ...
18 Feb 2026 at 10:43am Flood Alert
17 Feb 2026 at 10:01am Flood Alert
30 Jan 2026 at 6:49pm Flood Alert
26 Jan 2026 at 7:21pm Flood Alert
21 Jan 2026 at 7:10pm Flood Alert
2 Jan 2026 at 9:49am Flood Alert
24 Nov 2025 at 12:45pm Flood Alert
16 Nov 2025 at 2:27pm Flood Alert
20 Sep 2025 at 6:25pm Flood Alert
10 Sep 2025 at 11:31am Flood Alert
30 Mar 2025 at 10:26am Flood Alert
11 Feb 2025 at 9:25am Flood Alert
7 Jan 2025 at 11:00am Flood Alert
6 Jan 2025 at 11:21am Flood Alert
5 Jan 2025 at 10:38am Flood Alert
1 Jan 2025 at 10:40am Flood Alert
7 Dec 2024 at 10:52am Flood Alert
17 Nov 2024 at 6:40pm Flood Alert
17 Nov 2024 at 10:20am Flood Alert
16 Oct 2024 at 6:10pm Flood Alert
9 Oct 2024 at 4:01pm Flood Alert
1 Oct 2024 at 7:58am Flood Alert
27 Sep 2024 at 8:14am Flood Alert
22 Aug 2024 at 3:22pm Flood Alert
8 Apr 2024 at 11:50am Flood Alert
9 Mar 2024 at 10:13am Flood Alert
10 Feb 2024 at 9:04pm Flood Alert
8 Feb 2024 at 3:53pm Flood Alert
15 Jan 2024 at 12:02pm Flood Alert
14 Jan 2024 at 10:47am Flood Alert
12 Dec 2023 at 6:11pm Flood Alert
24 Nov 2023 at 3:27pm Flood Alert
25 Oct 2023 at 8:28am Flood Alert
20 Oct 2023 at 11:31am Flood Alert
17 Oct 2023 at 5:57pm Flood Alert
13 Oct 2023 at 3:57pm Flood Alert
15 Sep 2023 at 4:57pm Flood Alert
30 Aug 2023 at 3:28am Flood Alert
18 Aug 2023 at 5:58pm Flood Alert
2 Aug 2023 at 3:08pm Flood Alert
19 Apr 2023 at 12:13pm Flood Alert
10 Apr 2023 at 6:12am Flood Alert
9 Apr 2023 at 6:27am Flood Alert
22 Mar 2023 at 11:15pm Flood Alert

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Official sources for this area

This area on the Environment Agency’s flood service →
Floodline quick dial: 130104 — call 0345 988 1188 and give that code for a recorded update on this area.
Area code: 121WAC922

Live warnings and area boundaries are the Environment Agency’s and the EA is the authority on them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This area in the EA’s own data.